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Title: Design of a Genetically Modified Food Database (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: Food Safety, Genetically-Modified Crops and Protein Engineering IPRO 318 Ethics Sp08
Creator: Miller, Jennifer, Chandrasekharan, Nivedita, Khiabani, Ali, De La Hoz, Andres, Kuebrich, Elizabeth, Mcclelland, Lauren, Patel, Pavan, Peavler, Jennifer, Seo, Hee, Ziegel, Kurt
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Genetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much...
Show moreGenetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much of the general population. For some, ideas about GM crops are exciting and represent hope for new potential in science and agriculture, for others they represent potential danger, and for others there are simply many unanswered questions. Our goal this semester will be to create a new source of information about GM products and to provide information that will answer the many questions we all have about this important subject. To do this, our objectives will be to: 1. Collect background information in an unbiased and comprehensive manner about laws and regulations regarding genetically modified crops. 2. Gather information about public opinion concerning GM crops. 3. Present facts about the processes and technologies that are used in this industry. 4. Create a database of known genetically modified crops, potential allergens, and traits in order to provide future IPRO’s with a foundation of knowledge concerning GM crops.
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Title: Design of a Genetically Modified Food Database (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318: Food Safety, Genetically-Modified Crops and Protein Engineering IPRO 318 MidTerm Report Sp08
Creator: Miller, Jennifer, Chandrasekharan, Nivedita, Khiabani, Ali, De La Hoz, Andres, Kuebrich, Elizabeth, Mcclelland, Lauren, Patel, Pavan, Peavler, Jennifer, Seo, Hee, Ziegel, Kurt
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Genetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much...
Show moreGenetically modified crops have come to play an increasingly large role in our daily lives. Unfortunately these crops remain a mystery to much of the general population. For some, ideas about GM crops are exciting and represent hope for new potential in science and agriculture, for others they represent potential danger, and for others there are simply many unanswered questions. Our goal this semester will be to create a new source of information about GM products and to provide information that will answer the many questions we all have about this important subject. To do this, our objectives will be to: 1. Collect background information in an unbiased and comprehensive manner about laws and regulations regarding genetically modified crops. 2. Gather information about public opinion concerning GM crops. 3. Present facts about the processes and technologies that are used in this industry. 4. Create a database of known genetically modified crops, potential allergens, and traits in order to provide future IPRO’s with a foundation of knowledge concerning GM crops.
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Title: Developing an Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308: Artificial Pancreas IPRO 308 IPRO Day Presentation Sp07
Creator: Callahan, Sean, Devgun, Jason, Ferraro, Christie, Ferrese, Anthony, Gudivada, Medhavi, Manuntag, Renen, Mashruwala, Neil, Nazim, Maje, Park, Dukmin, Patel, Alok, Patel, Bhavin, Schuh, Nathaniel
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively measure the glucose level in the interstitial fluid through both electrical impedance and light transmittance measurement and to secure grants in order to fund the testing and further completion of the prototype.
Deliverables for IPRO 308: Developing an Artificial Pancreas for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: JET MIXING CONTROL USING EXCITATION FROM MINIATURE OSCILLATING JETS
Creator: Raman, G, Cornelius, D
Date: 1995-02
Publisher: AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT

Title: Personal VTOL Aircraft (semester?), IPRO 317
Creator: Cerra, Anthony, Howard, Jason, Misurac, Matt, Oh, Daniel, Pajak, William, Patek, Alan, Poli, David, Qadir, Mohammed, Rozier, Paul, Whittlesey, Robert
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The first and primary objective of IPRO 317 is to continue advancing the existing prototype towards full flight worthiness. This will be...
Show moreThe first and primary objective of IPRO 317 is to continue advancing the existing prototype towards full flight worthiness. This will be achieved through several overhauls of existing parts, as well as through consultation with outside experts in the radio control field. The team will also implement many new safety features as the prototype progresses toward the ultimate goal of free flight. The second objective of this semester’s IPRO 317 is to pick up where the previous semester left off on the construction of a second prototype design. Many parts have been ordered and are awaiting assembly; however several others must be developed and fabricated. The end result of this objective will produce a second viable alternative vehicle for use in marketing the idea of a VTOL aircraft to the public. The final objective of IPRO 317 is to review and analyze the results of previous semesters regarding the objectives, design goals, and feasibility of a full-scale prototype, including any existing models. Once the design goals of the aircraft are made firm a new model will be created from parts available on the current market.
Deliverables for IPRO 317: Personal VTOL Aircraft for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: ENHANCEMENT OF BIODESULFURIZATION IN RHODOCOCCUS SPECIES (IGTS8) BY THE EXPRESSION OF VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN
Creator: Shivdas, Vrushali D.
Date: 2013, 2013-07
Description: The bacterium Rhodococcus sp. IGTS8 contains the dsz operon, which encodes a three enzyme pathway (the “4S pathway”) that is able to...
Show moreThe bacterium Rhodococcus sp. IGTS8 contains the dsz operon, which encodes a three enzyme pathway (the “4S pathway”) that is able to mineralize the sulfur contained in dibenzothiophene (DBT), an organic sulfur containing molecule found in petroleum. The gene vgb, which encodes Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb), has shown wide usefulness in enhancing productivity and other useful properties when expressed in heterologous hosts. We engineered strain IGTS8 to express VHb and measured the effects on growth and desulfurization of DBT, using minimal medium containing DBT as the sole source of sulfur. VHb was clearly detected in the engineered strain using the standard COdifference spectral analysis, but its level (0.38-0.63 nmoles/gm wet weight of cells) was about 10-fold lower than commonly seen for expression of VHb in other heterologous bacterial hosts. The VHb-expressing strain was tested for growth at both low and high aeration in minimal medium containing DBT as sole sulfur source; growth was about 50% lower at low aeration compared with high aeration. Despite this, metabolism of DBT (as detected by accumulation of the end product of the 4S pathway, 2-Hydroxy biphenyl (2-HBP), in the growth medium) was about 30 % higher in the low aeration compared to the high aeration culture. A possible explanation for these results is direct enhancement of the first two (monooxygenase) steps in conversion of DBT to 2-HBP. It was thus concluded from the studies that the expression of vgb in Rhodococcus sp. IGTS8 enhances the process of biodesulfurization under conditions of low aeration
M.S. in Biology, July 2013
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Title: Development Plan For The Michael Reese Site (Semester Unknown) IPRO 359: DevelopmentPlanForTheMichaelReeseSiteIPRO359FinalPresentationSp10
Creator: Beardsley, Erin, Grace, Heather, Masangkay, Rodolfh, O'brien, Patrick, Van Eaton, Justin, Weissman, Kathryn, Champlin, Austin, Lockowski, Wesley, Morgenthaler, Maximillian, Salisbury, Joshua, Waisath, Nathan, Chun, Amy, Knapczyk, Robert, Nguyen, Nam, Slonski, Bryan, Wang, Ruoxi
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: Our team purpose is to develop a project on the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital that develops the community, brings in revenue,...
Show moreOur team purpose is to develop a project on the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital that develops the community, brings in revenue, attracts development and revitalizes the surrounding areas. Our mission is to design something that attracts people and businesses through unique and innovative opportunities, as well as to establish a community where people can grow and develop leadership.
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Title: PSECMAC Intelligent Insulin Schedule for Diabetic Blood Glucose Management Under Nonmeal Announcement
Creator: Teddy, S. D., Quek, C., Lai, E. M.-k., Cinar, A.
Date: 2010-03
Publisher: IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Description: Therapeutically, the closed-loop blood glucose-insulin regulation paradigm via a controllable insulin pump offers a potential solution to the...
Show moreTherapeutically, the closed-loop blood glucose-insulin regulation paradigm via a controllable insulin pump offers a potential solution to the management of diabetes. However, the development of such a closed-loop regulatory system to date has been hampered by two main issues: 1) the limited knowledge on the complex human physiological process of glucose-insulin metabolism that prevents a precise modeling of the biological blood glucose control loop; and 2) the vast metabolic biodiversity of the diabetic population due to varying exogneous and endogenous disturbances such as food intake, exercise, stress, and hormonal factors, etc. In addition, current attempts of closed-loop glucose regulatory techniques generally require some form of prior meal announcement and this constitutes a severe limitation to the applicability of such systems. In this paper, we present a novel intelligent insulin schedule based on the pseudo self-evolving cerebellar model articulation controller (PSECMAC) associative learning memory model that emulates the healthy human insulin response to food ingestion. The proposed PSECMAC intelligent insulin schedule requires no prior meal announcement and delivers the necessary insulin dosage based only on the observed blood glucose fluctuations. Using a simulated healthy subject, the proposed PSECMAC insulin schedule is demonstrated to be able to accurately capture the complex human glucose-insulin dynamics and robustly addresses the intraperson metabolic variability. Subsequently, the PSECMAC intelligent insulin schedule is employed on a group of type-1 diabetic patients to regulate their impaired blood glucose levels. Preliminary simulation results are highly encouraging. The work reported in this paper represents a major paradigm shift in the management of diabetes where patient compliance is poor and the need for prior meal announcement under current treatment regimes poses a significant challenge to an active lifestyle.
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1109/TNN.2009.2036726
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Title: Searching for Novel Drug Targets (semester?), IPRO 318: Novel new Drug Targets IPRO 318 Project Plan F06
Creator: Kamdar, Amit, Marell, Joshua, Knox, John, Kim, Hyunsuk, Wu, Calvin, Polich, Lindsey, Stankovich, Floriann H., Patel, Vrudhdhi, Jin, Tengchuan, Desai, Ronak, Dolejs, Martina
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: IPRO 318 is entitled Novel New Drug Targets. The objective for this IPRO is to determine specific proteins that are involved in disease...
Show moreIPRO 318 is entitled Novel New Drug Targets. The objective for this IPRO is to determine specific proteins that are involved in disease pathology. The team will investigate diseases and their protein sequences in order to determine their function and whether it is suitable for drug targeting. The information collected will be created into an informational website that can be used in further IPRO semesters. With the analyzed data the team will begin testing several relevant sequences to determine drug targeting.
Deliverables for IPRO 318: Searching for Novel Drug Targets for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: AudioDoc (semester?), IPRO 350: Audiodoc IPRO 350 Project Plan F06
Creator: Kuc, Dariusz, Srivastava, Shivam, Berg, Adam, Short, Josh, Zaffer, Syed, Mccree, Sayiddah, Patel, Soham, Feuerstein, Ryan, Pasupneti, Shravani
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The mission of AudioDoc is to usher in a new technology called “browsable audio” to people all around the world, which they can use to learn a...
Show moreThe mission of AudioDoc is to usher in a new technology called “browsable audio” to people all around the world, which they can use to learn a new language efficiently and cost-effectively. We hope to develop the hardware and software technologies, as well as strategic business partnerships and operations, that will make AudioDoc a unique and lucrative business venture.
Sponsorship: Ed Kaplan entrepreneurial Program; Attila Kondac
Deliverables for IPRO 350: AudioDocs for Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Unmanned Aerial Systems (Semester Unknown) IPRO 312: UnmannedAerialSystemsIPRO312Order2F10
Creator: Ellickson, Andrew, Goliya, Akshay, Kotha, Anurag, Katre, Aniruddha, Luo, Chieh, Ragsdale, Christopher, Semerdjiev, Ivo, Traylor, Kay, Rivera, Rafael, Bilski, Sebastian, Semenov, Vladimir
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: The use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding...
Show moreThe use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance as well as in search and rescue is rapidly expanding in both civilian and military applications at an unprecedented rate which was not foreseen a decade ago. Accordingly, there are significant job opportunities in this field and it is expected that this will continue to grow in the next decade. However, the design of UAS is truly an interdisciplinary task as it requires an excellent team work with expertise in diverse areas ranging from aircraft design to autonomous flight, video and data transmission to visual object recognition, the operation of ground station such as real time data analysis and antenna tracking as well as legal/policy aspects of UAS flight operations.
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Title: Our Energy Future (Semester Unknown) IPRO 332: Our Energy Future IPRO 332 Midterm Presentation Sp08
Creator: Aguilar- Wedge, Carmen, Garcia, Alfredo, Connley, Kaitlyn, Mey, Andrew, Rennard, Maile, Stanley, Samantha, Bunda, Dariusz, Bunda, Dariusz, Stone, Sarah, Nguyen, Minh, Mehta, Rohan, Jones, Alex Di Sciullo, Walczuk, Matthew, Galo, Audrey
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: Our objectives for this semester are to: (1) Develop a teaching kit containing curriculum to present the Ecological Footprint module and...
Show moreOur objectives for this semester are to: (1) Develop a teaching kit containing curriculum to present the Ecological Footprint module and instructional materials designed to help teachers teach the module. Use the teaching kit as a means of spreading our module beyond our immediate scope, to high school teachers, college campus organizations and volunteer based groups. (2) Develop a website to enrich the experience of the module, provide a professional contact interface and deliver our educational message to a broader audience. (3) Promote How Many Earths and education on resource consumption by developing marketing plan, publishing stories in local media outlets and capitalizing on publicity opportunities. (4) Continue to reach out to high school students by visiting more Chicago-land high schools, continuing to present the Ecological Footprint module and beginning to present the Cradle-to- Cradle module. (5) Refine the Cradle-to-Cradle presentation by analyzing feedback and response of pupils. (6) Continue to collect and analyze feedback from students and teachers concerning both of the modules, our presentation style and the teaching kit. Use this information to continually enhance the learning experience.
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Title: Tsunami Relief (semester?), IPRO 308
Creator: Winter, Tim, Godfrey, Nate, Gupta, Nishi, Pitariu, Anca, Civelekoglu, Derya, Murawski, Jonathan, Dela Vega, Dave, Amarnath, Mayuri
Date: 2005-05, 2005-05
Description: The project will be a continuing multi-semester development. The first semester will be a period where the students and faculty decide which...
Show moreThe project will be a continuing multi-semester development. The first semester will be a period where the students and faculty decide which route to take, research the feasibility, research old or create new designs, structure a plan, and set up the contacts necessary to achieve one or more of the following: (1) Plan and design a clinic, (2) Plan and design a school, (3) Research problems and difficulties that current relief organizations have been encountering and develop viable solutions, (4) plan and design (and build?) cost-effective homes in collaboration with other universities (e.g. University of Houston).
Deliverables for IPRO 308: Tsunami Relief for the Spring 2005 semester
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Title: HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH STABILITY AND LOW POWER SRAM DESIGN BY USING CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
Creator: Wang, Wei
Date: 2012-07-07, 2012-07
Description: As the feature size of silicon semiconductor devices scales down to nanometer range, planar bulk CMOS design and fabrication encounter...
Show moreAs the feature size of silicon semiconductor devices scales down to nanometer range, planar bulk CMOS design and fabrication encounter significant challenges. This situation is exacerbated when it comes to SRAM, as SRAM takes a large part of power consumption and area overhead in modern VLSI processor designs. To achieve higher performance, stability and lower power consumption, carbon nanotube (CNT) has been introduced to SRAM design as an alternative material. The semiconducting single-walled CNTs are promising candidates for the channel material of CMOS devices because of two advantages over the other semiconductor materials: high ON current, leading to high speed and low OFF current, leading to less leakage power. In this research work, characterizing work of technology parameters for 6T carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET) SRAM cell is performed for basic understanding of the relationship between SRAM delay/power and CNFET technology parameters. Stability issue is studied by investigating the diameter and transistor ratio impacts on the SRAM static noise margin (SNM). A stability-optimized 6T CNFET SRAM cell achieves 38.88% reading delay reduction, 21.61% writing delay reduction, 85.65% reading power reduction, 5.88% writing power reduction, 97.80% leakage power reduction, 41.41% SNM increment, 91.23% reading power-delay product (PDP) reduction and 26.23% writing PDP reduction, compared with conventional silicon MOSFET SRAM cell. To mitigate major CNT imperfection impacts on CNFET circuits, a misalignment immune SRAM design method is proposed to eliminate CNT misalignment problem by using etching region defined in circuit layout; and a diameter variation sensing and compensating system is designed to mitigate the negative impacts of CNT diameter variation on SRAM delay and power consumption. A hybrid silicon/CNT 4T SRAM cell design is proposed for low-power high-density cache application, which is better than conventionally used 6T SRAM in terms of power consumption and circuit area. Finally, a design flow of high performance, high stability and low power SRAM is summarized.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, July 2012
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Title: Test of a new type of storage cell
Creator: Allyn, A. J., Torrance, R. S.
Date: 2009, 1906
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/testofnewtypeofs00ally
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Podcasting, Market Research & Multimedia Pilots (semester?), IPRO 303: Utilizing Digital Tech to Communicate with Investors IPRO 303 Abstract Sp06
Creator: Shabihul, Abdi, Beauregard, Matthew, Ermogenoul, Angeliki, Fung, Janel, Glover, Eric, Ivanova, Polina, Jung, Young Ho, Lee, Moon-won, Reyes, Mauricio, Sabbah, Yonathan, Tyson, Christopher, Bistriceanu, Vlad
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: Calamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds,...
Show moreCalamos Investments provides professional money management services to major corporations, public and private institutions, pension funds, insurance companies and individuals and is an investment advisor to open-end and closed-end funds. The company was founded in 1977 by John Calamos. The company’s cornerstone strategy is risk management. Calamos Investments underwent rapid growth, from managing $5 billion in assets in 1999 to over $45 in 2006. During this period, a lot of the personal touch that permeated the interaction between clients and the company’s leadership was lost. The number of clients grew too quickly. A high level of personal interaction between John Calamos and its core investors became difficult to attain. The IPRO 303 team attempted to digitally leverage John Calamos by researching and piloting new methods of customer interaction utilizing digital communication technologies.
Sponsorship: Calamos Investments LLC
Deliverables for IPRO 303: Podcasting, Market Research & Multimedia Pilots for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Improving Food Packaging Processes Using Process Mapping Techniques (Semester Unknown) IPRO 345: ImprovingFoodPackagingProcessesIPRO345PosterSp10
Creator: Adenjinle, Remi, Baker, Kathleen, Blaszynski, Wojciech, Gala, Pankti, Gunasekera, Chathuri, Kuuspalu, Adam, Popa, Crina, Popoola, Popa, Reigle, Nicole, Veliyathuparambil, Deepthi
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to better understand the interdependent relationship of the Formulation process and its impact upon through time,...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to better understand the interdependent relationship of the Formulation process and its impact upon through time, productivity, and quality. We seek to implement improvements to Land O’ Frost in order to optimize their Formulation.
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Title: Cellular Towers In The Urban Environment (Semester Unknown) IPRO 344: CellularTowersInTheUrbanEnvironmentIPRO344PosterSp10
Creator: Chan, Ronald, Chatman, Amanda, Divito, Michael, Dohm, Jacob, Ghafoori, Marc, Lee, Timothy, Perizes, Fotis, Reznicek, Dustin, Roberson, Jon
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: The purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus...
Show moreThe purpose of the IPRO is to consider a new generation of cellular towers specifically designed for the urban environment. The IIT campus will serve as a “representative” location on Chicago’s south side for purposes of this project, but the overall objective is to develop a concept and design for a self-contained, secure and environmentally friendly facility that can adapted to almost any other urban location.
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Title: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings (semester?), IPRO 320: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings IPRO 320 Abstract F06
Creator: Kahr, Erica, Dannhausen, Anna, Atterberry, Chrissy, Bilitz, Elizabeth, Friel, Melissa, Gargas, Eugene, Gomez, Guillermo, Lanum, Craig, Ruiz, Joanna, Thompson, Sean, Zouridis, Despina
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: The objective of IPRO 320, Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings, is to contribute to the problem solving necessary to implement energy...
Show moreThe objective of IPRO 320, Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings, is to contribute to the problem solving necessary to implement energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings and to the central steam and electric systems. Alternate possibilities for energy use in context with their building type and surroundings will be discovered through research of other university buildings at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and IIT. This research will then be used in finding alternate forms of energy generation to secure the sustainability of the IIT campus.
Deliverables for IPRO 320: Sustainability Planning of IIT Buildings for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: Application of Solar Thermal Heating Technologies in Large Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment (semester?), IPRO 328
Creator: Tokarz, Christopher, Pannala, Harsha, Kelley, Kristen, Sutalo, Joseph, Jeong, Jae-sun, Huber, Sean, Shah, Rajiv, Mahadevan, Sriram, Odom, Justin
Date: 2004-12, 2004-12
Description: To provide heating to the pool facility and surrounding spaces of Keating Sport Facility through the use of solar thermal collectors placed in...
Show moreTo provide heating to the pool facility and surrounding spaces of Keating Sport Facility through the use of solar thermal collectors placed in the immediate area. • To discover which form or solar collector has the highest potential payback if used. • To discover if modification of the building envelop has a potential to reduce the energy load produced by Keating Sports Facility. • To study the possibilities of using sustainable system to provide for the cooling of Keating sports facility. • To study the impact of solar thermal Technologies can have on Chicago as a whole
Deliverables for IPRO 328: Application of Solar Thermal Heating Technologies in Large Scale Buildings in the Urban Environment for the Fall 2004 semester
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